Personal Life
Zelda Amanda Mimms was the daughter of Mary James and Pastor John Wilson Mimms. Her mother was a paternal aunt of Jesse James', the sister of his father, Robert S. James.
She and Jesse James married on April 24, 1874, while the James-Younger Gang was still in full force. Of the James's and Youngers, Jesse was the first to marry. Zerelda and Jesse had two surviving children:
- Jesse Edward "Tim" James (born August 31, 1875 - died March 26, 1951)
- Twins Gould and Montgomery James (born February 28, 1878 and died in infancy)
- Mary Susan James (born June 17, 1879 and died October 11, 1935)
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